Articles dated January 2015
Homeschooling an 8th Grader: An Honest Look at Challenge B
by Mary
Friday, 30 January, 2015
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Friday, 30 January, 2015
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
One of the great benefits of homeschooling is the education parents can receive—most often an education very unlike the one they received when they were young.
It is an honor to learn alongside my daughter this year in Classical Conversations Challenge B as she...
Thoughts on the Letter ‘C’
by Aaron
Thursday, 29 January, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Thursday, 29 January, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read
Original Post Date: August 14, 2012
I would like to take some time in this article revisiting what should be a very familiar story from the Bible, the...
Identity and Music
by Caleb
Tuesday, 27 January, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!
Tuesday, 27 January, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!
As humans we crave an understanding of who we are and our purpose for living. Many of us find purpose through the approval of others or by connecting ourselves with a certain person or group of people. Ironically, we may even find purpose through the approval of no one...
A Triumph in a Boy’s Life: Alan and His Liberal Arts Education
by Marc
Monday, 26 January, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Monday, 26 January, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Upon looking at the scope and sequence of any classical curriculum, one often feels an overwhelming sense of awe for anyone who could accomplish all that is being proposed, as well as a sinking feeling concerning one’s own likelihood of being counted in that number. I...
Devices of Style - Part I: Introduction
by Ruth
Friday, 23 January, 2015
categories: Articles, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Friday, 23 January, 2015
categories: Articles, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
“He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.”
- John F. Kennedy, speaking of Winston Churchill
Winter’s long dark evenings invite us to curl up with a thick novel. This winter as I amble through Lorna Doone, a story slow in action, but rich in language,...